Thursday, April 8, 2010
ENTERTAINMENT
A dragon and a few laughs By Rachel Lees
How to Train Your Dragon is a new humorous movie filled with action and adventure. I found it extremely witty and smart, and even got all teary-eyed. The graphics were stunning (OK, so it’s no Avatar, but for a family animated movie, it was pretty awesome), and the story was extremely comical. All the characters were very funny, and watching the Viking culture unfold before your eyes was simply hilarious. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, is the lead character played by Jay Baruchel, who is a very sarcastic young Viking who dreams about being a dragon fighter, but after meeting one face to face, begins to change his mind. America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, and Gerard Butler are also featured in the movie as fellow Vikings, and are equally hilarious. They took a lot of time in developing the characters, and you couldn’t help but be entertained by all of their Viking habits. They were all uniquely animated and I began to fall in love with the detail and humour of the dragons. With all the beautiful sky shots and environment, I was completely sucked into the story line.
The movie is based on Cressida Cowell’s book, but is actually drastically different. The moral of the tale was the same, but the story line was very different (better if you ask me), so if you are planning on picking up the book, you may be a bit confused. The concepts and lessons throughout their Viking culture are very relatable (besides the fact that they have a dragon pest problem instead of a bug or mice problem). The story was very cute and inspiring, and I think anyone watching would come out laughing and feeling encouraged. I loved every second of it, and I would see it again in a heartbeat. How to Train Your Dragon is an adventurous and heart-warming film that is sure to entertain.
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